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package com.rapidminer.operator;

/**
 * Marker interface for {@link RuntimeException RuntimeExceptions} that should be handled as
 * {@link OperatorException OperatorExceptions}; see {@link #toOperatorException()} for details.
 *
 * @author Jan Czogalla
 * @since 8.2
 */
public interface OperatorRuntimeException {

	/**
	 * Creates an {@link OperatorException} from this {@link RuntimeException}. Implementing classes can return more
	 * specific subclasses if necessary (e.g. {@link com.rapidminer.operator.UserError UserError}).
	 *
	 * @return an operator exception
	 */
	OperatorException toOperatorException();
}
